[Python-modules-team] Bug#640940: Bug#640940: python-numpy: numpy.distutils not multiarch aware

[Sandro Tosi]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 18:31, Julian Taylor
<jtaylor.debian at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Package: python-numpy
> Version: 1:1.5.1-2ubuntu2

please, try to use Debian versions when reporting bugs against Debian packages.

> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> numpy.distutils is not multiarch aware.
> this causes problems when its searching for libraries.
> E.g. when building in python-enable:
>
> python setup.py develop
> ....
> /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/numpy/distutils/system_info.py:459: UserWarning:
> X11 libraries not found.
>  warnings.warn(self.notfounderror.__doc__)
>
> this is caused by numpy.distutils not checking in the multiarch triplet paths.
> Attached patch fixes this issue, but due to the lack of a proper way to obtain
> the triplet its quite ugly.

indeed; please bring the problem upstream.

> one could also use gcc -print-multiarch to obtain the triplet instead of dpkg-
> architecture

so we have to depends on gcc, sorry no.

Regards,
-- 
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